I was surprised when a check for $19.48 showed up in the mail. And not just a check for me, but one for my husband too. It turns out we we were members of a class action lawsuit against LifeLock, the identity theft protection company.

I didn't recall anything about a lawsuit but it turns out LifeLock agreed to pay $68 million to customers enrolled in the company’s identity theft protection plan any time between September 1, 2010 and January 20, 2016. The lawsuit claimed LifeLock made false claims about its plan including the $1 Million customer service guarantee. I, like a lot of people I guess, assumed this meant the company was providing some sort of insurance. We were mistaken.

The settlement means the court didn’t decide if the allegations were true. Instead LifeLock agreed to pay the settlement to customers and up to $10.2 million in legal fees.

If you don’t recall being a LifeLock customer, it might have been a benefit offered through some other membership such as AOL. And even if you have no idea how you got this check, that's OK. It's your money and you should cash the check as soon as possible.